Fishhook holder



Sept 7 1948- A. s. oMoHUNDRo 2,448,728

FISH HOOK HOLDER Filed June 15, 194

ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 7, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FISHHOOK HOLDER Arthur S. Omohundro, Temple City, Calif. Application `lune 15, 1946, Serial No. 676,924

Claims.

This invention relates generally to sporting goods and is particularly directed to improvements in a certain piece of shing tackle which serves as a holder for hooks.

An object of this invention is to provide a device by means of which spare hooks may be carried with personal safety and without danger of snarling, breaking or otherwise destroying the snells forming a part thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hook holder which may be utilized to hold spare hooks with the snells taut whereby tangling or snagging will be avoided.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hook holder having means for receiving a pluralitt7 of hooks and maintaining the snells thereof in straight taut order, the hooks being held independently of one another whereby different size hooks with snells of various lengths may be held at the same time with equal effectiveness, each hook being equally accessible for use.

A still further object is to provide a hook holder having a body portion with a pocket for the reception of a plurality of slider members, the body having a perforated flange for receiving the pointed ends of the hooks and the slider members having headed pins for receiving the looped ends of the snells of the hooks, relative movement between the body and the slider members serving to'draw and hold the snells taut during storage and periods of nonuse.

Another object is to impart to the slider members mentioned in the preceeding paragraph, a slight curvature or bow so that when they are disposed in the pocket of the body they will frictionally engage opposite surfaces and thus offer resistance to movement the resistance being sufcient to hold the slider members against undue movement toward snell releasing positions.

An object of the invention also is to provide a hook holder which includes top and bottom body plates secured together in spaced relation to provide a pocket or recess of limited height for receiving a plurality of parallel bowed strips which carry headed or grooved pins, the body plates supporting a perforated flange relative to which the headed pins are moved when the strips or slider members are moved into and out of the pocket or recess.

Other objects `and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawing in which one form of the invention has been shown in detail.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a sh hook hold- 2 er formed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the holder shown in Fig. 1,'

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the holder;

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line IV-IV of Fig. 2; and,

Fig. 5 is a perspective viewv of an individual slider member removed from the body of the holder.

Referring more particularly to the drawing the numeral Ill designates generally a hook holder embodying the present invention. This hook holder has a body I I which may be formed in any suitable manner, the present illustration showing it fabricated from sheet material and having top and bottom plates I2 and I3, respectively, joined along their longitudinal edges by rivets I4 or other suitable fastening means. Spacer strips I5 arev disposed between the edge portions of the plates I2 and I3 in the present showing t0 provide a pocket I6 between the top and bottom plates I2 and I3.

At one end of the body II, the plates I2 and I3 are spaced by one flange I1 of an angle member I8, the other flange of which projects upwardly and rearwardly over the body and is provided with a row of holes 20, the latter ange being designated in the drawing by the numeral I El. The spacer strips I5 are spaced from one another and the plates l2 and I3 are made of Such width that a plurality of slider members 2l may be inserted in parallel sliding relation in the pocket I5. The plates I2 and I3 are spaced just far enough to permit the sliders to be adjusted longitudinally in the pocket I6.

In Fig. 5, it will be observed that the slider members 2| are bowed slightly from end to end. This bowing provides suicient friction between the body and slider to maintain the latter in any desired position of adjustment. At one end, each slider receives an upwardly projecting, conical pin 22 having a head 23 at the upper end. These pins may be permanently secured to the sliders 2| or threaded thereto if desired; they are of such length that the reduced neck 24 will be located at a predetermined height from the body I I and when the hooks v25 are placed in the holder, the snells 26 thereof will extend substantially parallel to the body.

In use, the pointed ends 2l of the hooks 25 are inserted in the openings I8 and the looped ends 23 of the snells 26 are placed around the pin-s '22 which are then grasped and pulled away from the flanged end to move the slider members outwardly in the pocket E5. This movement will straighten the snells by drawing them taut and due to the bowed formation of the sliders they will remain in this adjusted position to maintain the taut condition of the snells. It will be apparent from the drawing that the conical shape or" the pins 22 will automatically cause the snell loops 23 to move to the reduced neck 24 which will arrange the snells substantially parallel with the body Il.

As shown in the drawing, the top plate I2 is made shorter than the bottom plate I3 so that the sliders may be moved outwardly far enough to hold hooks with long' snells and yet have the slider protected by the bottom plate against accidental movement. This piece also serves as a backing for the outer ends of the sliders to maintain the center portions which are bowed, in contact with the under side of the top plate. The relative lengths of the plates is such that the center portions of the sliders will be posi-- tioned in the pocket between the plates in all positions of adjustment.

While I.have shown and described but on modification of the invention it should be obvious that many minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope .of the invention asset forth in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A sh hook holder comprising a pair of plates secured together in spaced relationship; means secured at one end of said plates to receive the pointed ends of fish hooks; a plurality of elongated relatively narrow sliders disposed for longitudinal movement between said plates, said sliders being slightly bowed to provide friction to maintain the adjusted positions thereof; and means on said sliders for receiving the looped ends of snells secured at their opposite ends to said iish hooks.

2. A iish hook holder comprising a body having a base plate and a top plate secured in spaced relation thereto to provide an elongated pocket of limited height; hook receiving means located adjacent one end of said body; and snell engaging means disposed for longitudinal adjustment in said pocket, said means having elongated slider elements bowed sufciently to make the normal eiective thickness greater than the height of said pocket whereby said elements will be frictionally maintained in diierent positions of adjustment.

3. A fish hook holder comprising a pair of elongated plates of different lengths; means securing the lside edges of said plates together with the central portions spaced to provide a pocket of limited height; a plurality of elongated strip-like sliders disposed in said pocket for longitudinal movement; means adjacent the inner end of -said pocket to receive the barbed ends of sh hooks; and means on the outer ends of said sliders to receive the looped ends of the hook snells, movement of the sliders outwardly of the pocket serving to draw the snells taut.

4. .A fish hook holder comprising a body having an .elongated pocket of limited height; means at the `end of said body opposite the mouth of said pocket for receiving the barbed ends of iisn hooks; a plurality of independently movable slider elements arranged side by side in said pocket and projecting from the mouth thereof; and means provided on the outer ends of said sliders for receiving the looped ends of snells connected to hooks received by the first mentioned means.

5. A sh hook holder comprising a body having `an elongated pocket of limited height; means at `the end of said body opposite the mouth of said pocket for receiving the barbed ends of fish hooks; a plurality of independently movable slider elements arranged side by side in said pocket and projecting from the mouth thereof; and headed pin-like mean-s on the outer ends of said sliders for receiving the looped ends of the snells connected to the hooks received by the first mentioned means, the heads of said pin means serving to arrange the snells substantially parallel to said body.

ARTHUR S. OMOHUNDRO. 

